You are a medical student working at your station in your ho…
You are a medical student working at your station in your hospital when an employee of the hospital asks for information about a patient who was admitted last night with a pulmonary embolus secondary to cancer. You know the details of the case. The person requesting the information states that the patient is his uncle. He also shows you proper identification proving he does work at the hospital. Which of the following is the most appropriate action in this case?
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Your patient who is very ill and sleeping in the hospital had communicated she wished her medical information to be shared with her husband. One day her brother visits the hospital and says he is there on his sister’s behalf to bring back news on her medical condition to the husband. What do you do?
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